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Oku ʻOfa ʻEku Tamai Hēvaní ʻIate Au
Loto-fakamaatoato
1. ʻEku ongoʻi hiva e manupuná,
Pe sio ki he langi maʻá.
ʻEku ongoʻi ʻuha hoku matá
Pe maʻali e matangí.
Ke u ala he lose olovetí
Pe lue he veʻe ʻakaú.
Fiefia he nofo ʻi he māmani
Faʻu ʻe he Tamai maʻakú.
2. ʻOmi e matá ke u lava ʻo sio.
Ki he lanu ʻo e pepé,
ʻOmi e telingá ke u fanongo.
Ki he ngaahi meʻa fakaofó,
ʻOmi e moʻui mo e lotó.
Te u fakamālō ki ai,
Ki heʻene ngaahi faʻu kotoa.
ʻIo, ʻoku ne ʻofa ʻiate au.
Fakaleá mo e fakatuʻungafasí: Clara W. McMaster, 1904–1997. © 1961 IRI. Arr. © 1989 IRI